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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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The Making of Economic Liberalism
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Front Matter
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Conclusion
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Back Matter
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About this book
Imported from India, China, the Levant, and Persia and appreciated for their diversity, designs, fast bright colours and fine weave, Asian textiles became so popular in France that in 1686 the state banned their import, consumption and imitation. A fateful decision. This book tells the story of smuggling on a vast scale, savvy retailers and rebellious consumers. It also reveals how reformers in the French administration itself sponsored a global effort to acquire the technological know-how necessary to produce such textiles and how the vitriolic debates surrounding the eventual abolition of the ban were one of the decisive moments in the development of Enlightenment economic liberalism.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Felicia Gottmann is Leverhulme ECR Fellow at the University of Dundee's Scottish Centre for Global History, UK. After receiving her D.Phil from Oxford University in 2010, she was a Research Fellow on the ERC-funded project 'Europe's Asian Centuries: Trading Eurasia 1600-1830' at the University of Warwick.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Global Trade, Smuggling, and the Making of Economic Liberalism
Book Subtitle: Asian Textiles in France 1680-1760
Authors: Felicia Gottmann
Series Title: Europe's Asian Centuries
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137444882
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-44487-5Published: 03 February 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-68471-7Published: 03 February 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-44488-2Published: 19 May 2016
Series ISSN: 2946-3653
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3661
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 266
Topics: European History